Tag: diet
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Conversations with… Blogger and Influencer Jenni Dunlap (Subject: Body Image and Eating Disorders)
Sometimes you meet people online who change your life. For me, Jenni is one of them. After going from constantly being on the move travelling to working from home, my confidence was low. One day I stumbled across Jenni’s blog. From then on I began to look at my body as the vessel that had…
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Conversations with… Kayleigh (Journey to Self Love)
I was first introduced to Kayleigh through the wonderful The 88 and Friends, an online platform that celebrates and welcomes everyone that she co-founded with Mrs Dani Crater. As one of half of the duo that I argue are the nicest, most positive people on the internet, it’s easy to look at Kayleigh with her…
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PCOS Awareness Month: How Did I Get On?
September was PCOS Awareness Month and I set myself the goal of actively improving my health after reading up on lifestyle changes that benefit a person with PCOS. Following my diagnosis last year, I admittedly did little research and didn’t change any of my habits. Because of this, my skin was the worst it had…
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PCOS Awareness Month: Let’s Work Together!
September is PCOS awareness month and the start of Spring here in Australia, so what better time is there than now for me to start making changes that are going to benefit my health and happiness? I have written before about how PCOS has given me hormonal spots and how working indoors as a writer…
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Conversations with… Beth Shackleton (IBS and Body Image)
For most of us, when we go to the doctor we get an answer. A prescription might be given, a follow up appointment or test might be needed, but for the most part we walk away with a diagnosis. Only sometimes that isn’t the case. For a year, Beth was left looking for her answer.…
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Conversations with… Emma Naylor (Subject: ARFID)
Growing up, all I really knew about eating disorders was the brief mention of anorexia in Jacqueline Wilson’s ‘Girls’ series or the rare article on someone overcoming bulimia in the teen magazines I read. Women’s relationship with food and the societal pressure to look a certain way was not widely discussed. Girls who nowadays would…